Skirt-supporter.



No. 67l,40|. Patented A r. 2, 190i. J. A. SAVAGE.

SKIRT SUPPDRTER.

' (Application filed Oct. 15, 1900.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JULIA A. SAVAGE, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO MAUD H. HANSCOM, OF PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

SKlRT-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 671,401, dated April 2, 1901.

Application filed October 15, 190 0. Serial No. 33,047. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JULIA A. SAVAGE, of

Roxbury district, Boston, county of Suffolk,

and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Skirt-Supporters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to means for detachably supporting a skirt from a waist, particularly a shirt-waist; and the object of my invention is the construction of such a supporter which shall be inexpensive, easily applied, not liable to get out of order, sure in its support of the skirt, and yet capable of ready release of the same.

Referring to the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is an elevation of my skirt-supporter. Fig. 2 is a detail view, on an enlarged scale, of one end of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of the supporter, showing it applied to a waist and holding a skirt. Fig. 4 is an endview of the supporter on an enlarged scale, and Fig. 5 is a front elevation of another form of my invention.

My invention consists, essentially, in forming a safety-pin with two or more short upwardly-projecting spurs, the safety-pin being adapted for being pinned into the waist and the spurs serving to engage and support the skirt. Such safety-pin is designated in the drawings by the reference-numeral 1, while 2 is the pin, 3 the shank, 4 the spring-coil, and 7 the catch or sheath. 10 10 are the spurs carried by said safety-pin. There are many ways in which said spurs can be formed upon or affixed to the safety-pin, two of which only are shown in the drawings. That illustrated by Fig. 5 comprises a length of wire 11, sharpened at its ends and rigidly secured to the safety-pin by means of the sheet metal composing the guard or sheath 7 and by the strap or sleeve 6, said sharpened ends 10 being curved upward and outward to suitably engage the skirt. While this makes a very neat and compact skirt-supporter, that illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4 has still other features to commend it. As will be observed, the spurs 10 are here the sharpened ends of a wire which is loosely swiveled in the eyes 5 and 8 of the safety-pin, the wire descending vertically downward from said eyes to the horizontal section 11. The means for thus loosely introducing said wire into said eyes, while still preventing the weight of the skirt upon the spurs from forcing the wire down and out from said eyes, consists in the deep ofiset bend or notch 13, formed as more clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 4. These bends in the wire are so arranged as to permit the righthand end of the wire to be first introduced through the eye 5 of the safety-pin and then the other end pressed up into the eye 8, the resilience of the wire permitting the wire ends to temporarily bend toward each other as its points enter the said eyes. When once in place in the safety-pin, the spurs 10 cannot be dislodged by any pressure of a skirt 21 thereon, While the lower section 11 of the wire keeps the said spurs from inclining forward under such pressure, said section accomplishin g this by its back pressure against the waist 20, as shown in Fig. 3. As shown by Fig. 4, the spurs cannot be turned backward and so prevent the skirt from being hooked thereon.

If desired, a tape can be stitched to the uprights 12 of the wire, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 1, and such tape fastened about the waist-line of the wearer.

It will be noticed both in Figs. 1 and 5 that the right-hand spur 10 is carried far enough to the right to cause its distance from the junction of the pin 2 and coil 4 to substantially equal the distance of the other spur from the end of the sheath or guard 7. The purpose of this is to perfectly balance the pull of the skirt upon the safety-pin, since the part of the pin supported is that penetrating the waist and lying between said points. This is quite essential, as otherwise the safety-pin would sag down at one end and both wrinkle the waist and not perfectly support the skirt.

In using this skirt-supporter one, two, or even more, may be used, according to the weight of the skirt, the delicacy of the material composing the waist, or the fancy of the user. All that needs to be done in applying these skirt-supporters is to fasten the safetypins to the waist or corset in the usual manner, with the spurs 10 outward and the sections 11 of the wire downward. The skirt is then engaged thereby by hooking its waistband upon said spurs.

As those can testify who have used these skirt-supporters, these are very light, are easily applied to the waist, and as easily removed therefrom when desired. They support the skirt without'fear of disengagement, distribute the weight of the skirt upon the shoulders of the wearer, while they are so inexpensive that, if desired, a lady can keep one or more in each of her waists permanently, not bothering to change a single set to each waist as used.

The main advantage in the construction of spurs illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4 consists in the fact that the same can be quickly aflixed to the safety-pins without change either in the configuration of the wire or in the usual commercial safety-pins, and inasmuch as the latter can be purchased very cheaply it is much more economical to so shape the wires as to be secured to such pins without alteration than to go to the great expense of constructing new machines and appliances for turning out slightly-modified safety-pins with spurs integral therewith.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows, to wit:

1. In a skirt-supporter, the combination with a safety-pin, of a length of wire sharpened at both ends and held by said safety- -pin with said ends projecting upwardly therefrom, substantially as described.

2. In a skirt-supporter, the combination with a safety-pin, of a length of wire sharpened at its ends and adapted tobe held within the eyes of said safety-pin with said sharp ened ends projecting upwardly, substantially as described.

3. In a garment-supporter, the combination with a safety-pin having the eyes at its extremities, of the length of wire having both ends sharpened and adapted to be secured to said pin by being formed with the substantially horizontal central section and the upright terminals held within said eyes by means of the deep bends or notches, said sharpened ends projecting upward, substantially as described.

- In testimony that I claim the foregoing invention I have hereunto set my hand this 12th day of October, 1900.

JULIA A. SAVAGE.

Witnesses:

A. B. UPHAM, AMADEUS W. GRABAU. 

